Sirin Labs' Solarin $16,000 Android phone

Stealth Israeli startup Sirin Labs officially launched its super high-end Android smartphone at an event in London today,called the Solarin, a 5.5-inch Android smartphone and a locked-down, military-grade communications tool. Thanks to a chip-to-chip 256-bit AES encryption - something that the military currently uses around the world - the phone is the most secure consumer device on the planet, apparently. The rear of the handset features a button that switches the phone into shielded mode, this is called Security Switch. then you tap the fingerprint reader and enter that mode. In secure mode the phone only connects to other Solarin handsets for calls and messages - everything else is shut off. Other features include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, 4GB of RAM, 120GB of internal storage and a 23.8-megapixel, Sony-made camera with a quad-LED flash as standard.Security is Sirin Labs' main focus, and its solution for the Solarin phone comprises three main elements: - Mobile threat protection from Zimperium, offering continuous protection against network, host-based and physical attacks; - Encrypted email powered by ProtonMail, which combines public-key cryptography with symmetric encryption protocols to offer end-to-end encryption via a 2-password system; and - Security Shield from KoolSpan, which enables hardware-based, end-to-end encrypted VoIP calls and messages using military-grade AES-256, FIPS 140-2 encryption. Security Shield mode is activated via a sliding Security Switch above the camera lens (diamond-inlaid, naturally), which also shuts down unnecessary operations on the phone.